The Red Sox decamped to the forsaken Central Time Zone to take on the Twins on Monday night and lost despite contributions from their two main offensive additions this year: Alex Bregman, who hit a three-run homer to take the lead in the fifth inning, led the charge, while Roman Anthony hit an RBI single in the top of the ninth to put the Sox ahead 4-3.
Then the rapture occurred in Minnesota, weather-wise: wind, hail, rain, lightning, the whole deal. Once all that passed, Jordan Hicks blew it.
Three Studs
Alex Bregman
His dongination in the fifth put the Sox up 3-2 and turned the tables violently on the hosts:
He also made a sick play at third in the bottom of the inning.
Greg Weissert
Got some enormous inherited outs in the 7th and definitiely set the Twins down in the 8th.
David Hamiltroman Anthony
They stole second and third base as a pinch runner with no outs in the ninth and both scored and drove in the nigh-winning run. We stan them as a Powerful Unit.
One Dud
Jordan Hicks
Well he sorta blew it, is the thing.
Play of the Game
Let’s keep it positive and not focus on the end: